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Photography Stocking Fillers

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Xmas Photography Stocking Filler Ideas

With Christmas approaching we thought we do a round up of 10 of the best photography related stocking fillers out there.
Photography is an expensive hobby, and we all know Christmas time is a drain on our resources so we’ve tried to keep our selection to accessories at the cheap end of the scale.
1. A Tripod

In [...]

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Canon 50mm 1.4 vs 1.8 Lens Comparison

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Canon 50mm 1.4 vs 1.8 Lens Comparison

Previously here on Digital SLR Guru we’ve waxed lyrical about both Canon’s 50mm f1.8 and the f1.4 lenses. In our review of the f1.4 version and the original f1.8 review we discussed a few of the advantages but we never really did a full comparison of the two lenses. In this article we’ll compare the [...]

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Monopods – The Ultimate Buyers Guide

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Monopods - The Ultimate Buyers Gide

A while ago we looked at the infamous monopod vs tripod debate, in fact it is one of our most read articles here on Digital SLR Guru. As a follow on, we’ve decided to take a look at some of the most popular monopods currently available and compare and contrast their benefits.
Before buying a monopod [...]

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Incase 15″ Neoprene Sleeve Plus for MacBook Pro Review

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Incase MacBookPro Laptop Sleeve Review

Having recently bought a 15″ MacBookPro I decided to try and buy a decent sleeve to protect it when traveling. I was not after a laptop bag, just a protective sleeve that would protect my MacBook and allow me to carry it around in my camera bag. After one false start, and reading a lot [...]

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Strobist Setup

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This is the second in our series of articles about strobism. In the first article we talked about exactly what strobism is all about and how it can dramatically improve the pictures you take.  In this article we’ll run through some of the basic kit you’ll need to get started in the world of strobism.
Flash [...]

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Canon EOS Rebel T2i (550D) Digital SLR Camera

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Canon EOS Rbel T2i 550D Announced

Canon recently announced the new Canon EOS Rebel T2i (550D) as the latest addition to its range. The T2i is widely seen as a replacement for the Canon EOS Rebel T1i (500D) which was only released in 2009. IT continues the trend by dslr manufacturers to pack more of the features and technologies of professional [...]

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Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 Sony Mount Now Available

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Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 Sony Mount

Tokina have just announced that they are about to launch their 11-16mm f2.8 AT-X Pro DX lens with a Sony Alph mount. Until now this has only been available for Canon and Nikon users. The new Sony Mount 11-16mm went on sale in Japan yesterday (Feb 24th 2010) with a global roll out expected to [...]

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Canon 50mm f1.4 USM Lens Review

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Canon 50mm f1.4 USM lens Review

We’ve written a lot on Digital SLR Guru about the Canon 50mm f1.8 lens. In fact for about two years it was my go to lens that rarely got taken off my camera. All this changed however when I decided to upgrade to it’s older brother the Canon EF f1.4 50mm….
What are the main differences [...]

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Canon EF 24-105mm f4 L Lens Review

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Canon 24-105mm Lens Review

The aim of this lens is to provide professional photographers with a small, portable standard zoom lens to use on everyday shoots. At is widest this lens provides the photographer with a great wide angle while also having the ability to zoom to just over the 100mm mark.

It must be remembered that if you are [...]

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What Is The Best Walkabout Lens?

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One question we get asked about all of the time is “what is the best walkabout lens?”.
This got us thinking about why the usual answer is a zoom lens with a large focal range and what other alternatives are out there.
What is a Walkabout Lens?
In order to be able to answer this question we must [...]

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